What customs should be paid attention to in the New Year, and the customs of the Spring Festival

The etiquette during the New Year's greeting mainly pays attention to the following aspects:

1. Table manners:

To participate in the host's New Year's reception, you should focus on the elderly, and humbly give the main seat to the elderly, and the main seat in the hotel is generally the farthest away from the door, or the main seat with your back to the host table. At home, it is mainly facing the kitchen door, and you can also see the position of the main seat because of the home furnishings, with the left being the largest. China's table culture is a platform for communication, don't eat without talking, but don't talk too much.

Let the dishes not be sandwiched, toast and not persuade wine, the Spring Festival meals pay attention to more than every year, so don't eat all the dishes on the table.

2. Reservation before the greeting year:

Make an appointment in advance before the New Year's greetings, do not "collide" with the host's other New Year's greetings or run away because the host also goes out to pay New Year's greetings, and also give the host a time to prepare in advance. It is best to give the owner a choice in the appointment time, do not unilaterally set a time by yourself, and it is better for both parties to agree on this time more conveniently.

3. Preparation of gifts for New Year's greetings.

It is necessary to choose a decent gift according to the main object of the New Year's greeting, and if you know the object of the New Year's greeting very well, you can choose the gift that the other party likes, which is also considered to be their favorite. If you don't know much, you can choose flowers, fruits, food, ......You can't go wrong either. Tobacco and alcohol should be determined according to the object, for example, to give grandma a New Year's greeting, but the grandmother is not used for tobacco and alcohol, this is meaningless.

If the host has children at home, you can also choose the gifts that the children like.

4. New Year's greeting time selection:

Generally, the elders choose the morning to greet the elderly, and do not get up too early during the festival, because people generally get up late during the festival due to their usual hard work. If you come to the door too early to pay New Year's greetings, it often catches the owner off guard. If the recipient has a New Year's dinner, the time of the New Year's greeting can be determined according to the time of the dinner, and the time to arrive in advance, do not wait for the time to open the meal, and should leave time for greetings and chats.

5. New Year's clothing:

New Year's New Weather, to relatives and friends to pay New Year's greetings, pay attention to their own proper clothing, festival costumes to urban casual, fashion-based, do not wear too sports, do not wear evening dresses too formal. If the color of the clothes is dark or oppressive, you can add some small accessories to embellish it to add a festive atmosphere. The colors of the family's clothing should be coordinated as much as possible to increase the warmth of the family.

New Year's greetings are a traditional Chinese folk custom, which is a way for people to say goodbye to the old and welcome the new year and express good wishes to each other. Ancient times"New Year's greetings"The original meaning of the term was to congratulate the elderly on the New Year, including prostrating to the elderly, congratulating them on a prosperous New Year, and greeting them for a good life. When you meet relatives and friends of the same generation, you should also give gifts and congratulations.

With the development of the times, the custom of New Year's greetings has been constantly added with new contents and forms. In addition to following the previous way of greeting the New Year, there are also ceremonial telegram New Year's greetings, ** New Year's greetings, SMS New Year's greetings, Internet New Year's greetings, etc.

The objects of the first and second New Year's greetings are stipulated. The first day of the new year must be to pay New Year's greetings to the elders or neighbors, and the first day of the new year generally does not go far to pay New Year's greetings. And on the second day of the first lunar month, the daughter who gets married will take her son-in-law back to her parents' house to pay New Year's greetings.

The traditional New Year's greeting gesture has been different for men and women since ancient times. The standard men's posture is to form a fist with the right hand and wrap the left hand. Because the right hand is an attacking hand, it should be wrapped as a sign of kindness.

Women are the opposite, but women don't hold their fists, they only press their hands. This is in line with China's ancient tradition of "men on the left and women on the right".

There are two main contents of New Year's greetings at home: one is to pay New Year's greetings to the gods of heaven and earth and the deceased ancestors. After getting up at the beginning of the first month, the statues of the deceased ancestors should be placed in the prominent position of the offering table in the hall, the offerings should be placed, the incense candles should be placed, and the ancestors and gods should be kowtowed and kowtowed three times.

Ceremonial Baidatta Foot Visit.

If you are giving a New Year's greeting to a friend, as soon as you enter the house, if you are the same as the owner, you only need to give it away, if you are older than yourself, you should still take the initiative to bow down, and the host should step down from the seat to make a support, and even say that you are not polite to show humility. In this case, it is generally not suitable to sit for a long time, and you have to say goodbye after greeting two polite words. After the master has been worshipped, he should return to worship on a certain day.

Thank you for the visit.

Anyone who owes affection to others in the past year (such as lawyers, doctors, etc.) should buy some gifts and send them to express their gratitude on the occasion of New Year's greetings.

Door-to-door visits.

For the neighbors of the neighborhood, Su Ri did not have much contact, but they could talk about meeting, and when it came to the New Year, they just went to the courtyard and hugged each other and said:"Gong Xi made a fortune""One Shun and One Hundred Shun", just sit in the room for a while, without much etiquette.

Pay attention to saying auspicious words in the New Year, face others with a smile, speak in a low tone, and don't speak loudly.

The custom of the Spring Festival is that you can't pay New Year's greetings on the first day of the new year, so you can do it at other times, so you must remember that the old people in this point understand, you can ask them.

New Year's greetings are as follows:1. Make an appointment before the New Year's greetings, don't "collide" with the host's other New Year's greetings, or run away because the host also goes out to pay New Year's greetings, and also give the host a time to prepare in advance;

2. Pay attention to the choice of socks and time for New Year's greetings, generally choose the morning to the elders, and do not be too early during the festival. If you come to the door too early to pay New Year's greetings, it often catches the owner off guard;

3. New Year's gift preparation, according to the New Year's greeting object to choose the appropriate gift, if you know the New Year's greeting object very well, you can choose the gift that the other party likes, but also to its liking.

Lunar New Year's Day:

New Year's greetings: New Year's greetings are a traditional Chinese folk custom, which is a way for people to say goodbye to the old and welcome the new, and express good wishes to each other. On the first day of the new year, after the younger generation gets up, they should first greet the elders and wish them health and longevity, and all the best.

After the elders have been worshipped, they should prepare them in advance"New Year's money"Distribute it to the younger generation. After greeting the elders in the family, people should also congratulate each other with a smile on their faces when they go out to meet each other"Wishing you prosperity"、"All seasons are good"、"Happy New Year"and other auspicious words, neighbors or relatives and friends also visit each other to greet the New Year or invite each other to drink and entertain.

The second day of the Lunar New Year:

Returning to her parents' home: Married daughters will bring their husbands and children back to their parents' homes to pay New Year's greetings. On this day, the daughter who returns to her parents' house must bring some gifts and red envelopes to distribute to her parents' children, and have lunch at her parents' house.

The third day of the Lunar New Year:

Burning the door god paper: In the old days, the pine and cypress branches during the New Year and the door god paper hung during the festival were burned together on the third day and night of the first day of the new year, so as to show that the year has passed and they are about to start making a living. There is a proverb"burned the door god paper, and the individual looked for physiology"。

The fourth day of the Lunar New Year:

Welcome the gods to the gods: The fourth day of the Lunar New Year is when the gods return to the world from the heavenly realm. Yes"Send God early, pick up God late"It is said that the so-called sending of God should start early in the morning, and it is not too late to receive God in the afternoon.

In terms of offerings, the three animals, fruits, wine and vegetables should be prepared, and incense and candles should be burned to burn gold clothes. If the boss wants to take someone"Fired squid"He was not invited to worship God on this day. From the first to the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, shops are closed, and women do not use needlework.

The fifth day of the Lunar New Year:

Sacrifice to the God of Wealth: Southerners worship the God of Wealth on the fifth day of the first month. Folklore has it that the God of Wealth is the god of the five paths. The so-called five roads refer to the east, west, north, south, and middle, which means that you can get wealth by going out of the five roads.

The sixth day of the Lunar New Year:

Sending poor ghosts: On this day, every household has to throw out the garbage accumulated during the festival, which is called sending poor ghosts.

The seventh day of the Lunar New Year:

Eat seven vegetable soup: the seventh day of the Lunar New Year"Human days"In an agricultural society, everyone hopes to eat seven kinds of vegetable soup and have a bumper harvest in the coming year. I ate it every day"Seven vegetable soups"It also means that the New Year has come to an end, and tomorrow the eighth day of the new year should be re-energized and start working hard.